The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-04-16
CoRRIGAN AND PRESTON.
A Friend of DIR. McGlynn's Kindly Tells Who
and What They Are.


"Gaths'' New York Letter.
fell in with distinguished telegraph opera
tor, known to his whole fraternity in this couu-
try. Like many of the best telegraph operators.
he is of Irish birth or stock. His Office is in
very central portion of New York. where he
knows about every thing that is going Said
he:
Il wish had seen you few days ago. I
wanted yon to go down to DR.. McGlynns meet
Ing and hear him speak"
Are You one of Mcfilvnn's followersl"
ses. am. And you may say that nearly the
whole of the Irish following in New York in the
Catholic Church is with him, and against Arch
bishop Corrigan and Preston"
said TO this gentleman: Now, in point of
fact, have not the least idea who Corrigan is,
nor Preston either, ard l wish you would tell
me-"
"Corrigan is a very young man. who has been
promoted too fast, and he has not got the dscre-
ton and independence which come with expert
ence He brought over here from New
Jersey, and he is raising the deuce in the Cath
ollc Church and provoking great deal OF inde-
pendent thought among Catholics, which may
ultimately cause very serious propositions from
the lalty to the priesthood"
Now, who is Prestonw
well. Preston is Protestant who came over
to the Catholic Church good many years ago
in connection with his colleague or superior.
They were both Eplscopalians. After staying
on the Catholic side few years the other man
went back again and renowned Catholicism.
Preston has STAYED on our side and he acts II
he was afraid his loyalty would be suspected if
he did not do something foolish We Catholics
say that his narrow -mndedness originated
while he was Protestant: that if he was a
sound traditional Catholic he would be man of
more liberalitv.v
My acquaintance smiled grimly at this He
continued: Now Preston and Corrigan, too,
are enemies of the public schools, and they can
not cram that idea down the minds of any intel
lgent, successful, common sense Catholics. 1t
comes with particularly bad favor from a
Prostestant priest who has emlgrated over to
our church. We do not want too much loyalty;
we want who will have little CT his
human nature left when he changes from one
church to another. Now, | went to one of these
parochial schools which Preston and Corrigan
praise much. They teach you an awful sight
of praying and mighty little education that will
help YOU make your way in this world. Our
1rsh-Catholic people have not got the time to
throw away upon that kind of education when
we have to make our living in the world that
now exists. The public school system is good
enough for u.s."
SAID 1: Perhaps you will tell me what is your
difference with Corrigan and Preston"
why, our point is just this: That if it is an
essential for good Catholic TO be disciplined for
expressing his opinion q secular and worldly
question like Ireland. or labor or property,
then the church discipline as one of its
members. Now. if they undertake to disci.
pline me, no matter who the priest is, whether
his name IL Corrigan the Pope, for indulg-
ing my citizen right of opinion, l will tell him
to"
Here the speaker made use of an expression
cannot very we'll get around, and, therefore, dis
miss the subject.